National Register Nominations
Many states and cities focused on surveying and nominating their historic resources during the late 1970s and early 1980s after the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966. Due to the "50-year rule" for National Register eligibility, many surveys only included buildings constructed up to the 1940s. In general, surveying residential resources from the recent past was not a priority. However, as funding has become available, and an interest in inventorying and documenting these resources has increased, many states and cities are either re-surveying areas or undertaking brand new surveys to capture these resources.
Listed below are files and links for various National Register of Historic Places nominations, thematic Studies, city surveys, studies and such from around the country that may help you get acquainted with the various types of resources, nomenclature, and methodology being used.
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Pennsylvania
- (Draft) Greenbelt Knoll Historic District nomination
- SR 202 Postwar Suburbs Historic Survey Report (BHP staff)
U.S.
- Historic Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830-1960
- A Model for Identifying and Evaluating the Historic Significance of Post-World War II Housing
Arizona
- Historic Residential Subdivisions and Architecture in Central Phoenix, 1912-1950
- Postwar Modern Housing and Geographic Information Systems Study of Scottsdale Subdivisions
- Scottsdale Postwar Multifamily Housing Survey
- Tucson Post World War II Residential Subdivision Development 1945-1973
- Borden Homes Historic District
California
- Cultural Resources of the Recent Past Historic Context Report: City of Pasadena
- Pegfair Estates Historic District
- San Diego Modernism Historic Context Statement
Colorado
- Arapahoe Acres Historic District
- Historic Context of Littleton Colorado 1949-1967
- Sheely Drive District: Fort Collins Local Landmark Nomination
- Historic Residential Subdivisions of Metropolitan Denver, 1940-1965
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
- Lustron Houses in Georgia, MPS
- Fairway Oaks-Greenview Historic District
- League, Joseph and Mary Jane House
- The Ordinary Iconic Ranch House: Mid-20th-Century Ranch Houses in Georgia
- The American Small House
- Atlanta Housing: 1944-1965 Case Studies
Illinois
- Pacesetter Gardens Historic District
- Raymond M. Hilliard Center Historic District
- Recent Past Survey - Northern Cook County
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Montana
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
- Ohio Modern: Preserving Our Recent Past (Statewide context and Dayton survey report to be published on OHS' website in near future)